Cover for cracker cans and similar containers



June 19, 1923.

H. SEBELL COVER FOR CRACKER CANS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS filed July 5,1922 Inventor.

Ha rry SebeH:

Patented a... 19, 1925.

j uwirao stares ATENT HARRY SEBELL, SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF T0.

FRANK G. DAVISON, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

COVER FOR CRACKER CANS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS.

Application filed July 3,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY SEBELL, a citizenof the Unite States, and resident of Somerville, county f Middlesex,State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Covers forCracker Cans and Similar Containers, of which the following description,in connection with'the accompanying drawing, is a specification, likecharacters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to a cover such as is used on cracker cans or asimilar container and has for its object to provide a novel constructionfor holding the glass in the cover.

The features wherein my invention resides and the advantages derivedtherefrom will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In order to give an understanding of the invention I have illustrated inthe drawings a selected embodiment thereof which will now be describedafter which the novel features will be pointed out in the appendedclaims. K

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cracker can having my improved cover.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the cover opened and illustratingthe inside of the cover.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the manner in which the glass isremoved and inserted.

In the drawing 1 indicates the cracker can which may be of any suitableconstruction.

The covers for these cans usually comprise a rim portion 2 which fitsover the top of the can 1 and is removablyapplied thereto and a coverportion 3 hinged to the rim portion as shown at 4. The cover is formedwith a sight opening 5 and with an annular ledge 6 on which rests theglass 7 that closes the sight opening said cover being also providedwith the circumferential depending flange 8.

The parts thus far described are or may be all as usual in cracker tincovers and form no part of my present invention, which relates to anovel manner of securing the glass in place. According to this inventionthe cover is provided with two loo s 9 at its inner corners and theglass is eld in place by a glass retaining wire 10 having a generalU-shape and having the ends of 1922. .Serial No. 572,728.

the legs 11 removably inserted into the loops 9.

The portion 12 of the wire which connects the legs 11 is provided withthe offset portion 13 which extends through a slot 14' formed in'thefront of the cover, the portion 13 extending beyond the cover and theoffset portion 13 from the slot 14 and whenever it is desired to inserta piece of glass 7 in the cover or remove it therefrom the offsetportion 13 of the wire may be withdrawn from the slot 14 and the wiremay then be swung inwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3 therebyreleasin the glass so that it can be removed, an

when the wire is in this position a fresh piece of glass may be insertedif desired, after which. the offset portion 13 may be snapped into theslot 14: thereby retaining the glass in place. I

I may, if desired, make the legs 11 with two inwardly offset portions 15although this construction is not essential. V

This wire forms a simple and practical. means for retaining the glass 7in place and it also has the advantage that the card bearing descriptivematter of the goodsin the can or bearing data regarding price may beslipped under one of the legs of the wire, as shown in dotted lines 16,Fig. 2, so that the reading matter on the card may be easily readthrough the glass 3 when the cover is closed.

In this invention the wire 10 constitutes both means for holding theglass in place and furnishes the thumb piece 13 by which the cover maybe raised. 1

I claim 1. A hinged cover for cans and the like 1 having a sight 0 eningsurrounded by a glass-receiving 1e ge and having an annular dependingflange surrounding the ledge, a piece of glass resting on the ledge anda U-shaped glass-retaining wire having the ends of its legs detachablysecured to the cover adjacent its hinged edge, the bridge portion of theU having a part extending through the depending flange on the oppositeside of the cover and furnishing a thumb piece by which the cover may beraised. 4

2. In a cover for cans and the like, the combination With a rim sectionapplied to the top of the can, of a cover section hinged to the rimsection and provided with a sight opening surrounded by a glassreceiving ledge and a depending flange, a glass resting on said ledge,said cover section having two loops adjacent its pivoted edge, a slot inthe depending flange at the opposite edge, and a U-shapedglass-retaining Wire having the ends of its legs inserted into the loopsand having an offset through the slot.

3. In a cover for cans and the like, the combination with a rim sectionapplied to the top of a can, of a cover section hinged to the rimsection and provided With a sight opening surrounded by aglass-recelving ledge and a depending flange, a glass resting on saidledge, said cover having two loops adjacent its pivoted edge, and aportion extending vU-shaped glass-retaining Wire having the ends of itslegs inserted into the loops, the bridge portion of the wire beingdetachably secured to the flange.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

HARRY SEBELL.

